Directions from Chicago/St. Louis
to Québec, Québec, Canada
Université Laval
Ecole des Langues Vivantes

To fly from Chicago to Québec, you must take a connecting flight.  Most go through Toronto, Canada, but one goes through Boston, Massachusetts and another through Newark, New Jersey.

• If you go through Toronto, you will pass through customs at the Toronto airport (remember you need to bring an official copy of your birth certificate or a passport).
   *You will be directed through customs as you get off the airplane in Toronto.  You will walk to the other end of the airport to get your domestic flight from Toronto to Quebec City.  There will be many people to help you find your gate.

• If you go through Boston or Newark, you will pass through customs at the Quebec City Airport.
  

Québec city is in Québec province, a totally French speaking province that was first
inhabited by the French in the sixteenth century.  The city is located on the Saint Laurence River,
downstream from Montréal, the largest city in Québec province and the second largest in Canada.

The Québec airport is just west of the city on Route 40.

After you pass through customs at the Québec airport you will have a 20 minute ride to the university.
In May, you will take a taxi from the airport to your family's residence
or to the Pavillon Parent on the Université Laval Campus. 
In July, on Saturday or Sunday before classes, you will take a University-sponsored bus from the airport to
to the Pavillon Parent, where you will meet your family or go to your dorm. 
There will be a reception committee at the Pavillon Parent to greet and help you.

The University is on the Boulevard Laurier, Route 175, on the lower left of the map below.  It is about a 15 minute bus ride from Old Québec on the Boulevard Laurier/Chemin St. Louis. 
Old  Québec is on the point of land to the northeast of the center of Québec.

Vieux Québec is a lovely town with houses from the 17th century, many wonderful restaurants, concerts, and more.